2005 in Malaysia
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2005 in Malaysia is the 48th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.
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- 1 February - Channel 9 was final broadcasting end closed sign-off shut downceased transmission on early morning breakfast due to the limited Malaysian television channel market in Malaysian and 14 months later, it was also relaunched as TV9.
- 15 February – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) (Malaysian Coast Guard) is founded.
- 1 April – Siti Nurhaliza held her concert in Royal Albert Hall, London for the first time.
- 18 May – On Teacher's Day, a seven-year-old girl from Sekolah Rendah Agama Rantau Panjang religious school Nur Salina Saparedi was knocked by a lorry while she was crossing the road at North Klang Straits Bypass in Klang, Selangor.
- 20 May – Miri gained city status and became the second city of Sarawak
- June – A power blackout on northern peninsula Malaysia causes of the main cable transmission line grid near Serendah, Selangor, had broken down.
- June – Malaysia's squash player Nicol David captures the World Open title in Hong Kong and become the World No.1 in woman's squash (she is the first Asian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in the sport).
- July – Dr Judson Sakai anak Tagal, a Sarawak state assemblymen for Ba'kelalan, was killed in helicopter crash in Ba'kelalan, Sarawak.
- 10 July – The NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (now Setia Alam Interchange) collapsed onto the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), killing two Bangladeshi workers and injuries to seven others.
- August – Mawi won the Akademi Fantasia Season 3 and became one of the Malaysian no.1 male singers.
- 9 August – Rakan Cop, Malaysian community police cops is launched.
- 10 August – The National Biofuel Policy is introduced.
- 11 August – Haze occurs in Klang Valley. A state of emergency was declared in Kuala Selangor and Port Klang.
- 27 August – Selangor was declared as the first developed state in Malaysia.
- 1 October – Kota Bharu was declared as the first Islamic city in Malaysia.
- 9 November – Azahari Husin, a Malaysian national and Islamic terrorist blew himself in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia.
- 20 November – Endon Mahmood, wife of the Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dies. Her body was laid to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.
- 29 November – First Monsoon Cup international regatta held in Terengganu.
- 6 December – Kelantan's DUN Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Barisan Nasional (BN) won in this elections.
- 14 December – The 11th ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit were held in Kuala Lumpur.
[edit] National Day
[edit] Main theme
Keranamu Malaysia (Theme of Educations)
[edit] National Day Parade
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Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before independence.
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